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Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India
Full title: | Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India |
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ISBN: | 9780231171694 |
ISBN 10: | 0231171692 |
Authors: | Viswanathan, Gauri |
Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
Edition: | Twenty-fifth Anniversary |
Num. pages: | 240 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2014 |
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Synopsis
A Classic Work In Postcolonial Studies, Masks Of Conquest Describes The Introduction Of English Studies In India Under British Rule And Illuminates The Discipline's Transcontinental Movements And Derivations, Showing That The Origins Of English Studies Are As Diverse And Diffuse As Its Future Shape Will Be. In Her New Preface, Gauri Viswanathan Argues Forcefully That The Curricular Study Of English Can No Longer Be Understood Innocently Of Or Inattentively To The Imperial Contexts In Which The Discipline First Articulated Its Mission. Gauri Viswanathan. Originally Published: 1989. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.